The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and landlords - but there is...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back - or, to be exact,...

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should instead streamline the system. The scheme...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from Countrywide’s upmarket Hamptons International brand. This...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a survey of members the NLA...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent a year ago. Countrywide’s Hamptons International...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in 10 days time. It’s now been...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke detectors, a court has been told. In...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne the brunt of Britain’s 40-year...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee ban has now left. John Hards,...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan has been an advocate of...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when it comes to deposit deductions. In...

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants.  The charity’s 2019 election manifesto, released this week, demands the...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing director at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in any case most renters find...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the UK average for void periods...

Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a result, rents are increasing. The agency...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled in September, is being toned...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work in the increasingly regulated rental...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at 6am today; Barbon says the...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their own home, according to a...

A leading trade body says the government’s latest injection of funds to help local councils root out rogue operators in the private rental sector is simply...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to join a rival online operation. Howard...

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in doing so, it has given...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General Election - and they want the...

Lettings agents who diversify to offer tenant liability insurance not only broaden their own business but also increase peace of mind for landlords and renters too. That’s...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting Wales conference later this month. The...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the private rental sector has soared...

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent to customers.  The agent - Gareth...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s General Election. Generation Rent, the London...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread support for greater controls. More than...

Lettings agents are being invited to tell a big city council how to improve its private rental sector strategy.  Manchester local authority says privately rented homes have...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He did not define how landlords...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes of landlords. Richard Lambert, chief executive...

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their deposit secured by The DPS...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps unsurprisingly, pumping and electrical issues...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to the point of giving landlords...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented sector” ahead of the General...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces such firms as Airbnb, Booking.com,...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today - but now we’ve got our...

A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The number of tenancies agreed by...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for the next five years -...

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure and capabilities. Adam Knight, head of...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private rental sector according to specialist...

The growing deposit alternative sector continues to be ultra-competitive with 15-branch agency Kings Lettings signing up to Zero Deposit. Kings Lettings operates across North London, East London,...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing to co-operate with the authority.  Josh...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and there are many international examples...

A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for a rental licence turned down. Media...

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first time landlords, too, by letting...

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says ARLA. “With the possibility of a...